Full house awaiting Wambach in Rochester

ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Abby Wambach is coming home to an anticipated full house in Rochester in the U.S. women's soccer star's first game since a World Cup final loss to Japan last weekend.

The Sahlen's Stadium ticket office reported yesterday morning that there are about 100 tickets left for the Women's Professional Soccer league game tonight between Wambach's South Florida-based magicJack and the Western New York Flash. The downtown Rochester stadium's capacity is 13,500, though temporary bleachers have been added that would boost the total to about 15,000.

The draw has the potential to be record-setting in the WPS' 3-year history. The league's attendance record is 14,832, set in the WPS' first game in 2009 at Los Angeles. Second on the list is a crowd of 8,076 that turned out in Rochester in May to watch Wambach make her first trip home this season in a 3-0 loss to the expansion Flash, who are led by Brazilian star Marta.

The 31-year-old Wambach is from suburban Pittsford. The first 1,000 fans will receive Wambach bobbleheads.

Also on hand for the game will be U.S. teammates Alex Morgan, who plays for the Flash, and magicJack's Megan Rapinoe.

Wambach led the U.S. with four goals in Germany, upping her World Cup career total to 13.

This afternoon, Wambach, Morgan and Rapinoe are scheduled to attend what's billed as "a homecoming rally" at a mall outside Rochester.